{"id":64,"date":"2020-05-15T18:41:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2020-06-15T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T18:41:11","slug":"expect-dentist-in-forest-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/15\/expect-dentist-in-forest-reopens\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Expect at Your First Appointment After Your Dentist Reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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So many aspects of our daily lives have been changed by the COVID-19\npandemic<\/a>. Dentists are no exception. The American Dental Association\nrecommended that dentists close their offices for all patients except those\nwith emergencies for most of March and April. Luckily, your dentist in Forest\nhas started to open back up for regular appointments like cleanings. What can\nyou expect at your first appointment after reopening? Keep reading to find out.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Before Your Appointment <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A day or two before your appointment, someone from your\ndentist\u2019s office may contact you and ask you a few quick questions about your\nrecent health, just to make sure that all patients who enter the office are\nhealthy. They might repeat these questions when you arrive at the office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead of sitting in the waiting room, you will probably be\nasked to wait in your car once you get to the office and check in with your\nphone. Waiting rooms can be a breeding ground for germs, so waiting in your car\nallows you to bypass that area and head straight back into the treatment area\nwhen the dentist is ready to see you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Your Appointment <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before your appointment properly begins, a member of your\ndentist\u2019s staff will likely ask you to wash your hands and rinse your mouth out\nwith an Oracare solution in order to kill as many germs as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might notice that things look a bit different. For one,\nit\u2019s not as crowded. Your dentist isn\u2019t seeing as many patients as before, so\nthere\u2019s more time for the staff to disinfect the office between patients. Furthermore,\nyour dentist and their clinical team will be wearing additional PPE (personal\nprotective equipment) like surgical gowns, face shields, and shoe coverings. These\nitems help protect both you and your dentist from germs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Your Appointment <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once your visit is over, a member of your dentist\u2019s staff\nwill thoroughly clean all the areas that you could have touched, including\ndoorknobs and the dental chair. This helps reduce the risk of any illness being\npassed on to others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If, within 14 days of your appointment, you start feeling\nsick with any COVID-19 symptoms (such as fever, cough, or shortness of breath),\ncontact your dentist immediately. There is a chance that you were carrying the\nvirus during your appointment, and anyone you with whom you came into contact\ncould now be at risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just because we\u2019re in the middle of a pandemic doesn\u2019t mean\nyou should let your oral health fall by the wayside. Attending your regular\ndental checkups is just as important now as it always has been. To find out\nmore about the safety precautions your dentist in Forest is taking to protect\nyou, go on their website or give them a call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Practice <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At Crossroads\nFamily Dentistry<\/a>, our main goal is to make your visit to the dentist as\nstress-free as possible. Our practice aims to provide comfortable,\ncomprehensive, and affordable dental care for the whole family. We care about\nyour safety during these trying times, which is why we keep our office as clean\nas possible by adhering to the CDC\u2019s and ADA\u2019s COVID-19 guidelines. To learn\nmore about how we\u2019ll keep you and your family safe during your appointment, visit our\nwebsite<\/a> or call us at (434) 841-1704. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So many aspects of our daily lives have been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dentists are no exception. The American Dental Association recommended that dentists close their offices for all patients except those with emergencies for most of March and April. Luckily, your dentist in Forest has started to open back up for regular appointments […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsfamilydentistryva.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}